TransRockies 2012: Stage 5 Results

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Men's Open TR7 leaders Jon Firth and Stefan Widmer built a solid lead through the first three stages with three victories. In stage 4, they were defeated by one second. Early on day 5, on the descent from Prairie Creek Trail, the boys were in the thick of things with the Rocky Mountain Factory Team. By day's end, the gap had opened up to 20:49, and Widmer and Firth took the win in four hours and 17 minutes.

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TR7 Open Men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jonathon Firth & Stefan Widmer (Honey stinger/ Rocky Mountain Bikes)	4:17:39
2	Greg Day & Colin Kerr (Rocky Mountain Bicycles Factory Team)	0:20:49
3	Gareth Jones & Andrew Royle (Redwood Singletrack)	0:23:53
4	Robin Dutton & Jay Latiff (Cowichan Cycles)	0:31:28
5	Raul Perez Iratxeta & Jose Antonio Arenzana Padilla (Euskadi Extreme Team)	0:46:48
6	Rhys Bowen & Philip Johnson (The Spencer Chapman Duo)	0:50:26
7	Morten Hofstad & Roar Øverås	1:02:03
8	Stepan Svacina & Michal Skoch (Rumovy Express)	1:08:30
9	Sam Ervin & Mark Grzanka (Los Juan Rambos)	1:16:58
10	Steven Furtado & Matt Ezrin (TPH Blacksmiths)	1:19:13
11	Chris Hooper & Jared Green (Speed Theory)	1:51:26
12	David Sloog & Wouter Sloog (Sloogriders)	1:52:39
13	Marco Aberson & Dennis Aberson (Simson)	3:24:21

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TR7 Open Women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sandra Walter & Jean Ann Berkenpas (Xprezo-Borsao)	5:13:06
2	Alana Heise & Nicole Muzechka (Terrascape Racing)	0:48:06

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TR7 Open Mixed
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Wendy Simms & Normon Thibault (Kona-Frontrunners)	4:42:59
2	Juan Garcia & Trish Grajczyk (JCT Racing / Deadgoat)	0:01:09
3	Tristan Rawlence & Anja Mcdonald (Hyperformance Santa Cruz NZ)	0:06:50
4	Margie Smith & Dirk Dorenbos (Wilson Mountain Sports)	0:45:19
5	Robin Bråtveit & Kari Bråtveit (Trondheim VK)	0:54:53
6	Meghan Smith & Jeffrey Underhill (C-Dale Bike)	1:29:07
7	Amy Gagnon & Marc Gagnon (Team Mito Canada)	1:44:49
8	Fortner, Anna Fortner & Ray Fortner (Hammer Nutrition California)	1:46:39

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TR7 80+ Men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pat Doyle & Craig Bartlett (Deadgoat/Cafe)	4:35:34
2	Milan Spolc & Jiri Benes (Cycling point)	1:07:03
3	Brig Seidl & John Minerich (Alere Wellbeing)	1:17:37
4	Mathias Bolter & Freddy Bau (TBD)	1:23:34
5	Andrew Haliburton & Ted Lamb (On the Rocks)	1:53:04
6	David Hersey & Tiago Reis (Excuses R Us)	5:24:26

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TR7 80+ Mixed
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Marco Carrer & Eva Carrer (Kraftwerk rockthisbike.ch)	5:21:44
2	Bill Benson & Jenna Benson (West Hawk Ymirs)	1:17:25
3	Brenda Fletcher & Robert Fletcher (Two Much Fun!)	1:34:08
4	Thomas Miller & Karen Libsch (Misery and Company)	1:45:35

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TR7 100+ Open Gender
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Joe Mccarthy & Randal Walker (Mountaincruzers)	5:34:50
2	Darrell Jones & Tom Ebbern (LiveOutThere.com)	0:04:44
3	Harry Johnson & Andrew Seessel (Team Rockford/Clif)	0:10:55
4	Koos Pretorius & Willie Engelbrecht (Cape Town Coyotes)	5:25:10

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TR4 Open Men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Neal Kindree	4:05:40
2	Dougal Allan	0:03:10
3	Houston Peschl	0:21:06
4	Travis Hauck	0:29:14
5	Mark Shepherd	0:37:05
6	Matthew Spurgin	0:48:17
7	David Huntley	0:51:57
8	Mario Keller	0:55:44
9	Brent Rosvold	0:55:45
10	Evan Olauson	1:01:28
11	Eric Zilinski	1:09:44
12	David van Lopik	1:12:48
13	Michael McCutcheon	1:14:06
14	Shane Cooke	1:18:57
15	Michel Tessier	1:21:33
16	Jeff Smith	1:43:46
17	Liehann Loots	1:52:03
18	Sean Germaine	2:16:53
19	Gustavo Zermeno	2:50:49
20	Chris Evans	2:53:48
21	Viv Austin	2:53:49
22	Jason Dawson	2:58:28
23	Lennard Pretorius	3:01:07
24	Erik Silden	3:14:22
25	Wilson Edgar	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Hans Dollerup	3:14:54
27	Kenneth Bjerg-Nielsen	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Raj Bhogal	3:25:02
29	Markus Jehl	4:09:38
30	Gonzalo Moya Torres	5:54:20
31	Russell Salonen	Row 30 - Cell 2

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TR4 40+ Men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jeff Neilson	4:15:16
2	Geoff Clark	0:20:15
3	Jon Gould	0:38:33
4	Rhett Losey	0:39:52
5	Mike Johnston	0:43:14
6	Tom Brodzinski	0:46:08
7	Ron Hewitson	0:48:55
8	Albie Malan	0:58:09
9	Bill Slater	1:10:41
10	Kirk Chambers	1:15:18
11	jody white	1:17:05
12	ian cartwright	1:19:35
13	Steven Phillips	1:25:20
14	russell thornton	1:51:47
15	Tom Hawks	2:07:17
16	Ken Germaine	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	John Berendt	2:11:43
18	Kevin Howlett	2:20:13
19	Gord Trainor	2:31:55
20	Steven Marsh	2:42:51
21	Walter Pavlic	2:50:11
22	Chris Johnston	2:54:36
23	Tor Gunnar Aksland	3:00:31
24	Jerry McClung	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Erlend Kveinen	3:00:33
26	Johan Askeland	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Sturle Omdal	3:00:34
28	David Verveda	3:02:43
29	kerry richards	3:14:46
30	Johan Henn	3:29:55
31	Ross Balharry	3:45:08
32	Robin Owens	3:55:42
33	David Roe	4:03:22
34	Rodrigo Zamora	4:04:23
35	Jon Harrison	4:06:37
36	Martin Zepler	5:44:44
37	Steve Walsh	6:44:44

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TR4 Open Women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kristin Walters	6:35:42
2	Ene Underwood	0:37:58
3	Riana Howlett	0:44:49
4	Jaime Salonen	3:24:18

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TR7 Open Men general classification after stage 5
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jonathon Firth & Stefan Widmer (Honey stinger/ Rocky Mountain Bikes)	13:36:06
2	Greg Day & Colin Kerr (Rocky Mountain Bicycles Factory Team)	0:33:23
3	Gareth Jones & Andrew Royle (Redwood Singletrack)	1:58:12
4	Robin Dutton & Jay Latiff (Cowichan Cycles)	2:34:08
5	Rhys Bowen & Philip Johnson (The Spencer Chapman Duo)	3:06:28
6	Raul Perez Iratxeta & Jose Antonio Arenzana Padilla (Euskadi Extreme Team)	3:37:09
7	Morten Hofstad & Roar Øverås	3:38:25
8	Chris Hooper & Jared Green (Speed Theory)	4:03:27
9	Stepan Svacina & Michal Skoch (Rumovy Express)	4:39:52
10	Steven Furtado & Matt Ezrin (TPH Blacksmiths)	4:40:11
11	Sam Ervin & Mark Grzanka (Los Juan Rambos)	5:23:32
12	David Sloog & Wouter Sloog (Sloogriders)	7:32:49
13	Marco Aberson & Dennis Aberson (Simson)	12:21:51

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TR7 Open Women general classification after stage 5
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sandra Walter & Jean Ann Berkenpas (Xprezo-Borsao)	15:55:54
2	Alana Heise & Nicole Muzechka (Terrascape Racing)	2:56:01

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TR7 Open Mixed general classification after stage 5
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Wendy Simms & Normon Thibault (Kona-Frontrunners)	15:14:17
2	Tristan Rawlence & Anja Mcdonald (Hyperformance Santa Cruz NZ)	0:19:21
3	Juan Garcia & Trish Grajczyk (JCT Racing / Deadgoat)	0:26:44
4	Margie Smith & Dirk Dorenbos (Wilson Mountain Sports)	1:48:40
5	Robin Bråtveit & Kari Bråtveit (Trondheim VK)	3:02:18
6	Fortner, Anna Fortner & Ray Fortner (Hammer Nutrition California)	3:56:52
7	Meghan Smith & Jeffrey Underhill (C-Dale Bike)	4:29:46
8	Amy Gagnon & Marc Gagnon (Team Mito Canada)	5:32:51

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TR7 80+ Men general classification after stage 5
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pat Doyle & Craig Bartlett (Deadgoat/Cafe)	14:55:47
2	Milan Spolc & Jiri Benes (Cycling point)	2:02:09
3	Brig Seidl & John Minerich (Alere Wellbeing)	4:21:53
4	Mathias Bolter & Freddy Bau (TBD)	4:50:18
5	Andrew Haliburton & Ted Lamb (On the Rocks)	8:23:07
6	David Hersey & Tiago Reis (Excuses R Us)	10:08:54

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TR7 80+ Mixed general classification after stage 5
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Marco Carrer & Eva Carrer (Kraftwerk rockthisbike.ch)	17:30:26
2	Bill Benson & Jenna Benson (West Hawk Ymirs)	5:32:53
3	Brenda Fletcher & Robert Fletcher (Two Much Fun!)	5:39:46
4	Thomas Miller & Karen Libsch (Misery and Company)	6:32:41

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TR7 100+ Open Gender general classification after stage 5
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Darrell Jones & Tom Ebbern (LiveOutThere.com)	18:22:14
2	Harry Johnson & Andrew Seessel (Team Rockford/Clif)	0:02:13
3	Joe Mccarthy & Randal Walker (Mountaincruzers)	0:11:22
4	Koos Pretorius & Willie Engelbrecht (Cape Town Coyotes)	14:17:15

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TR4 Open Men general classification after stage 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Neal Kindree	6:29:59
2	Dougal Allan	0:05:03
3	Houston Peschl	0:31:20
4	Travis Hauck	0:44:34
5	Mark Shepherd	1:03:10
6	Matthew Spurgin	1:08:47
7	Mario Keller	1:16:15
8	Brent Rosvold	1:16:56
9	David Huntley	1:21:37
10	Evan Olauson	1:26:51
11	Michel Tessier	1:51:21
12	David van Lopik	1:51:37
13	Eric Zilinski	1:58:33
14	Michael McCutcheon	2:06:07
15	Shane Cooke	2:12:40
16	Jeff Smith	2:39:29
17	Liehann Loots	2:45:45
18	Gustavo Zermeno	3:59:30
19	Sean Germaine	4:02:52
20	Lennard Pretorius	4:10:13
21	Chris Evans	4:27:41
22	Erik Silden	4:45:19
23	Wilson Edgar	4:45:20
24	Viv Austin	4:45:47
25	Hans Dollerup	5:00:15
26	Kenneth Bjerg-Nielsen	5:00:16
27	Jason Dawson	5:03:21
28	Raj Bhogal	5:16:02
29	Markus Jehl	5:48:42
30	Gonzalo Moya Torres	8:02:47
31	Russell Salonen	8:30:33

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TR4 40+ Men general classification after stage 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jeff Neilson	6:56:10
2	Geoff Clark	0:22:54
3	Jon Gould	0:41:36
4	Mike Johnston	0:59:39
5	Rhett Losey	1:01:59
6	Tom Brodzinski	1:03:09
7	Ron Hewitson	1:06:42
8	Albie Malan	1:23:45
9	jody white	1:34:43
10	Bill Slater	1:37:31
11	Kirk Chambers	1:39:39
12	Steven Phillips	1:51:22
13	ian cartwright	2:03:30
14	russell thornton	2:31:34
15	Tom Hawks	3:04:11
16	John Berendt	3:08:41
17	Kevin Howlett	3:23:17
18	Ken Germaine	3:36:41
19	Gord Trainor	3:40:05
20	Steven Marsh	3:53:50
21	Walter Pavlic	3:55:24
22	Chris Johnston	4:13:46
23	Tor Gunnar Aksland	4:30:16
24	Erlend Kveinen	4:30:19
25	Sturle Omdal	4:30:22
26	Johan Askeland	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	David Verveda	4:32:06
28	Johan Henn	4:38:51
29	Jerry McClung	4:45:18
30	kerry richards	4:51:52
31	Ross Balharry	4:59:48
32	Robin Owens	5:16:29
33	David Roe	5:24:09
34	Rodrigo Zamora	5:43:58
35	Jon Harrison	6:27:08
36	Steve Walsh	7:00:26
37	Martin Zepler	9:20:19

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TR4 Open Women general classification after stage 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kristin Walters	10:00:36
2	Ene Underwood	1:06:17
3	Riana Howlett	1:19:50
4	Jaime Salonen	4:59:56

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